# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/andrew-j-nathan
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:05:24.271Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/andrew-j-nathan"
name: "Andrew J. Nathan"
slug: "andrew-j-nathan"
description: "Andrew James Nathan is an American political scientist and sinologist. He is a professor of political science at Columbia University. He specializes in Chinese politics, foreign policy, human rights and political culture. He has taught at Columbia University since 1971, and currently serves as the chair of the steering committee for the Center for the Study of Human Rights. His previous appointments include as the chair of the Department of Political Science (2003–2006), and chair of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute (1991–1995)."
tagline: "American sinologist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Andrew_Nathan.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1943-04-03"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.89
  momentum:             3.795243019648397
  historical:           5.514690666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Andrew J. Nathan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "أندرو جاي ناثان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "اندرو جاى ناثان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%BB%8E%E5%AE%89%E5%8F%8B"
    title: "黎安友"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_J._Nathan"
    title: "Andrew J. Nathan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B7%D5%B6%D5%A4%D6%80%D5%B5%D5%B8%D6%82_%D5%8B%D5%A5%D5%B5%D5%B4%D5%BD_%D5%86%D5%A5%D5%B5%D5%A9%D5%A1%D5%B6"
    title: "Էնդրյու Ջեյմս Նեյթան"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4757424"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump